diff --git a/federation/pkg/federatedtypes/daemonset.go b/federation/pkg/federatedtypes/daemonset.go
index 8a7935c97cf..dabd8804728 100644
--- a/federation/pkg/federatedtypes/daemonset.go
+++ b/federation/pkg/federatedtypes/daemonset.go
@@ -72,31 +72,6 @@ func (a *DaemonSetAdapter) Copy(obj pkgruntime.Object) pkgruntime.Object {
 func (a *DaemonSetAdapter) Equivalent(obj1, obj2 pkgruntime.Object) bool {
 	daemonset1 := obj1.(*extensionsv1.DaemonSet)
 	daemonset2 := obj2.(*extensionsv1.DaemonSet)
-
-	// Kubernetes daemonset controller writes a daemonset's hash to
-	// the object label as an optimization to avoid recomputing it every
-	// time. Adding a new label to the object that the federation is
-	// unaware of causes problems because federated controllers compare
-	// the objects in federation and their equivalents in clusters and
-	// try to reconcile them. This leads to a constant fight between the
-	// federated daemonset controller and the cluster controllers, and
-	// they never reach a stable state.
-	//
-	// Ideally, cluster components should not update an object's spec or
-	// metadata in a way federation cannot replicate. They can update an
-	// object's status though. Therefore, this daemonset hash should
-	// be a field in daemonset's status, not a label in object meta.
-	// @janetkuo says that this label is only a short term solution. In
-	// the near future, they are going to replace it with revision numbers
-	// in daemonset status. We can then rip this bandaid out.
-	//
-	// We are deleting the keys here and that should be fine since we are
-	// working on object copies. Also, propagating the deleted labels
-	// should also be fine because we don't support daemonset rolling
-	// update in federation yet.
-	delete(daemonset1.ObjectMeta.Labels, extensionsv1.DefaultDaemonSetUniqueLabelKey)
-	delete(daemonset2.ObjectMeta.Labels, extensionsv1.DefaultDaemonSetUniqueLabelKey)
-
 	return util.ObjectMetaEquivalent(daemonset1.ObjectMeta, daemonset2.ObjectMeta) && reflect.DeepEqual(daemonset1.Spec, daemonset2.Spec)
 }